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Old cloth purse for carrying snuff bottles
Old cloth purse for carrying snuff bottles
Object Number 33-76-60/321
Display Title Old cloth purse for carrying snuff bottles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pouch, rectangular, flat with central slit opening, silk exterior and liner, wor
Classification
  • Pouch
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Mongolia
Materials Silk, Thread, Dye
Dimensions Overall: 38.9 x 17.1 x 0.6 cm (15 5/16 x 6 3/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-76/60 / 321
Provenance
Collector Owen Lattimore (1929-1933)

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